Raymond Chandler Mystery Map of Los Angeles

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Raymond Chandler Mystery Map of Los Angeles

In 1985, the husband-and-wife team of Aaron Silverman and Molly Maguire published the first of what the Library of Congress would later call "the decade's most exciting American maps." This was The Raymond Chandler Mystery Map of Los Angeles, a glovebox convenient and critically exhaustive guide to the actual locations mentioned in the Philip Marlowe books and stories, from Pasadena to Bay City (Santa Monica), Lake Arrowhead to Hollywood. The map has been out of print for years, selling for over $100 if you were lucky enough to find one.

Esotouric is thrilled to announce that we've obtained a small number of these rare and wonderful maps that we're making available through this site. The price? Just $15 postpaid. Get yours while you can. Also available on request, unfolded, poster-style Chandler maps sent in a tube.

The link below says "buy tickets," but you'll actually be buying a folded map. Price below is for US customers. Overseas or want the poster? Please contact us for payment instructions. (Maps are $19 overseas postpaid; posters are $21 US and $25 overseas.)

Price: $15.00

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Back from the out-of-print grave and ready to be used, it's the classic Chandler crime scene map of Los Angeles. Why pay $100+ for a dog eared copy when a crisp new one can be yours for $15?

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